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Piero Sraffa: His Life, Thought and Cultural Heritage
Hardback
Main Details
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Piero Sraffa: His Life, Thought and Cultural Heritage
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Alessandro Roncaglia
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| Series | Routledge Studies in the History of Economics |
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| Series part Volume No. |
No.38
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:144 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138 |
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| Category/Genre | Economic theory and philosophy |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780415234801
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| Classifications | Dewey:330.092 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
black & white illustrations
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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| Imprint |
Routledge
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| Publication Date |
24 August 2000 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This is a lively, intellectual biography of a leading protagonist of 20th century culture and his relations with other protagonists, such as Gramsci, Keynes and Wittgenstein. The book includes an authoritative interpretation of his main work Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities , a survey of the debates which followed its publication, and hence of the subsequent research strategies undertaken by different 'Sraffian schools' Piero Sraffa is not only one of the greatest economists of the 20th century, he also exerted important influences on politics and philosophy through his friendship with Italian communist leader Gramsci and Austrian philosopher Wittgenstein. This book documents Sraffa's intellectual biography, his economic thought and post-Sraffian developments.
Reviews..."this book is useful in bringing Sraffa to the attention of English-speaking readers. Graduate and reseach collections. "CHOICE, June 2001, Vol. 38, No. 10."
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